The Ministry of Natural Resources is deciding whether to lift a restricted fire zone across northwestern Ontario.
Most parts of the region received rain and cooler temperatures over the weekend.
Bob Thomas is a fire information officer and says the conditions over the weekend have allowed a number of people from remote first nation communities to return home after being evacuated last week.
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Thomas says yesterday was the first day in over three weeks there wasn’t any new fires in the region.
